I am using an RSS feed to dynamically update a server in Hong Kong with data from a server in the US. The server in HK displays its pages in simplified Chinese characters using the GB2312 character set. The server in the US holds data in a MySQL db in both standard ISO single byte charactesr and GB2312 multi-byte characters. When ever I include GB2312 characters in a data item the feed fails validation and if I ignore that creates an error when parsed by the Magpie rss reader. The XML file is just fine if I ftp that to my HK server I can access the GB2312 data with no problems. I have found one web article about this issue which claims that all these problems have recently been resolved but I am using the very latest versions of everything and can't get anywhere. I presently format the xml using ISO and translate to GB2312 in the read routine on the HK server. Thats not what I want to do long term. Has anyone managed to work this problem out. I would really appreciate being pointed in the right direction. Regards, Colin Miller